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fallen star

Summary: Modifications to the ship, an unexpected guest, and ice cream. What could possibly go wrong?

warnings: minor used of y/n, mechanic!reader, fluff, guns, maybe mistakes with knowledge of airplanes.

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All of your reunited to talk about the whole situation at hands.

"It looks like a board game!" Taiju exclaimed, "Are we playing a game now"

The pieces made by hand had different machines, people and objects drew onto them and the air felt thick as tension grew with each passing second.

"A strategy meeting" Matsukaze said.

"Yeah, let's first clarify where we and the enemy are" Tsukasa said and Senku grabbed a piece that resembled the Perseus.

"Right now, we're here" he said and placed the ship in the river zone.

"Do we know the enemy position?" Minami asked to Ukyo as he grabbed some instruments to measure the distance on the map.

"I'd say we have their rough distance based on the angle and timing of Chrome's signal" he informed before placing a mark in the forest, "They're around here, somewhere."

Tsukasa placed another pieces on the map, "Which means the enemy is right near by"

"Incredibly clear" Matsukaze said impressed by the accuracy of the visual structure.

"B-But they know where we are too, right?" Ginrou asked, "Don't you think we should take the Perseus and flee?"

"As long as they have the patrol planes, there's no point" Ukyo informed with a thoughtful look, "If anything, we'll lose out ability to run to land as soon as we retreat to sea."

"And we don't have the enough firepower to fight back right now" you added looking at the map, "It will take us a lot of time to create something even close to a gunpowder factory"

"Yeah, right? That's what I was actually thinking too" Ginrou said changing his opinion.

Everybody stared at Ginrou for a second that felt to long for your own liking.

This guy, you thought.

"Hyouga" Tsukasa called, "What would you do if you were the enemy, Doctor Xeno?"

The aforementioned step closer to the table, "I'd make a pirate ship" the mangaka artist handed him a little piece, "Assuming the enemy is proper, that is... I would not be contested in firepower, so I would approach in a small high-speed boat and quickly take over," he threw it against the Perseus one to make his point clear. "A large ship would have no chance to escape."

"The same tactic as modern pirates" Tsukasa commented.

But they have more experience than us, you thought, they wouldn't reinvent something big and slow as a ship... and a motorboat is extremely loud, we would notice them right away.

"The scout plane has determined exactly where out Perseus is" Hyouga continued, "I'd also attack from the sky, no matter how capable we may be in close-quarters combat...," He threw the plane piece directly onto the Perseus one, "We can't fly."

Discreet but fast ship...

"They have absolute air superiority in this battle" Tsukasa said, "We aren't going to win."

Discreet but fast...

Ryusui snapped his fingers energetically, "Precisely! In other words, to combat a plane, we need a dogfight! An aerial duel!"

Some amused exclamations filled the room after the golden retriever's words.

Discreet and fast...

Ah, shit.

"A d-dogfight?!" Minami asked surprised.

"And to that end..." Senku continued, "We're making the Perseus carrier! So all hands get this thing built as soon as possible!"

***

After the strategy meeting, the entire team moved in unison to remove the main pole and the glass panels from the greenhouse immediately.

"Something's wrong with you," Senku said behind you as you watch the rest of the team work from the railing. You turned around to observed him and he was accompanied by Ryusui with the blueprints at hand, "What is it?"

"I've been thinking about the strategy of the enemy," You started talking at the same time as the wind made the leaves of the trees move noisily, "I think they are building something, just like Hyouga said, but I don't believe it will be a ship or a motorboat as we might expect"

"What are your suspicious?" Ryusui stepped closer into the conversation.

Senku looked at you expectantly.

"I think they are building a submarine" you finally said and they let you continue. "It seems logical to me; a huge ship would be noticeable from afar, and let's not talk about a motorboat, those are loud." You sighed as turn around to watch the rest of the crew, "I didn't mentioned it because it's just a thought and causing unnecessary scandal is stupid..., but it's a possible outcome."

You returned you gaze upon them as they remained quiet while they took your words.

Senku seemed thoughtful for a moment as he analyzed the situation. "Indeed is a possible outcome" he repeated your words.

"How sure are you of that analysis?" Ryusui asked you.

You couldn't tell if he was testing you like everyone else or if he wanted you to be accurate. Right now you didn't care about that, you just wanted everyone safe against this professional scientist enemy.

"Like Senku says, ten billion percent sure of it"

They both looked at you for a second and nodded.

"Then we have to keep it quiet for the moment." Ryusui said, "As you mentioned, unnecessary scandal is pointless."

Senku nodded and stepped closer to you, but some footsteps took away his words.

"Wow" Minami appeared and you tried to recollect yourself from the conversation, "They're really building a runway on the deck, but will be really be able to take off from here?"

You followed her gaze towards the rest of the crew and the deck that was beginning to take shape.

Ryusui made an approval sound, "An ultralight plane only needs twenty meters to take off"

"Yup" Senku added with a happy smile on his face, "And for the landing, we'll grab it with a wire, just like a real aircraft carrier."

"More than enough!" Ryusui's face said it all, he was in bliss thinking about piloting that plane as soon as he could. "Who do you think the pilot's gonna be?"

"We're modding the plane itself too!" Senku accompanied the blonde man in his bliss, "It'll be stupid fast compared to building it from scratch!"

"Jeez, you two!" you laughed taking in the moment to relax a little.

"Seriously, your eyes!" Minami scolded them, "It only took you five seconds to lose your poker face! You were just looking for an excuse to build a carrier, weren't you?!"

"Take it easy," you commented through laughs, "We really do need it, actually"

Minami turned to you, "What about you?"

"What about me?"

"How's the plane going?"

"Oh, good" You rolled up your sleeves, "I've cleaned it completely. Tomorrow Kaseki and I will dismantle it to fix piece by piece and make it better"

She seemed confused, "Make it better? How?"

You smiled, "You'll see"

And, the men listening the whole conversation, smiled too.

***

The sun hit on your skin as you dismantle the wings of the machine with Ukyo's help as Kaseki did the same with the skis.

"Since we're driving the plane on wood planks, we're starting by switching the good old bamboo wheels" Senku explained while cutting in pieces the bamboo branch.

"Got it!" Yuzuriha said.

"You brought all that bamboo from Japan?" The old man asked.

"Yeah, bamboo is the one OP material advantage that we have over them." You heard the voice of your childhood friend as you watch Ukyo walking to the edge of the trunk.

"Oh, that's right," he agreed, "There's no bamboo in the US"

Ryusui walked were you were sat at, "So that's why they use these glass skis instead of wheels."

"Skis give them a change to, maybe, land outside their runway in the corn fields" Senku added, "They've thought this through".

You whipped the sweat from your forehead, "Yeah, right now, none of us have rubber, so we can't make tires. We need to improvise with what we have," you looked at the dismantled skis, "They were pretty clever designing those"

"They took their lack of materials as an opportunity to add more" Ryusui said, but it seemed more to himself than for the rest of the present crew to hear. He laughed, "Indeed, our enemy is really clev-"

You watched him as he went quiet.

"What's wrong, Ryu?" you asked. Ukyo approached to keep helping you with the airplane wings.

"Well, asuming Dr. Xeno is so clever, as a pilot, I recognize that scout plane's flight pattern," he explained, "It was intimidating us, letting us know there's nowhere to hide... that or they're trying to pin us down here. You can always trust sailor's instincts!"

Well, if they indeed create a submarine, obviously they would want us to stay still... it's easier to attack an unmoving target, you thought.

***

"Gen-kun, Chrome-kun and Kohaku-kun... Abandon all of that and forfeit the corn, and we'll be saved should we escape into the open seas" Hyouga said.

"No way we'd ever do that!" Taiju interfered with his characteristic energy.

"I figured as much" Hyouga said with a monotone voice, "But the enemy doesn't know that. That's our situation."

"So they should be attacking us soon" Tsukasa added.

Senku let a small laugh escape him. You observed him and his knowing gaze gave away that he had a plan in his mind.

"In that case, why not save them the trouble and strike them first?"

Tsukasa understood right away, "We'll send a special squad to capture the enemy's science source, Doctor Xeno"

Senku nodded and grabbed some pieces and placed them on the table, "On the team will be Tsukasa, Hyouga, Ukyo and... Suika"

You looked at the little girl being surprised at the mention of her name for the mission and you smiled. Finally she can be part of complicated missions, you thought, even though you knew that Senku never overlooked her.

After the meeting ended. The special squad prepared themselves to part ways.

"Suika!" you called the little one.

She ran to you with a big smile on her face, "Now Suika's on a mission!"

"Yeah, you are," you caresses her gold hair, "I'm sure you are very capable, be safe"

"Sure thing!"

And you saw her leave with the strongest warriors from the crew into the forest till quickly their shadows were one with the darkness of the trees.

"Getting emotional?" You heard Senku's voice and you turned to look at him. He had his arms crossed over his chest while holding some blueprints in his hand.

"Just reassuring her" You admitted while smiling to the memory of your younger-self being reassured by your father, Byakuya and Senku's words when you needed them the most. "Sometimes we need to hear this things"

He lifted a eyebrow, "You got emotional" it wasn't a question but a statement.

You sighed, "Maybe I did a little"

"Why is that?" he asked till he found a spot beside you still observing the trees and the movement of its leaves.

You sighed. "This whole scientist versus scientist things is stressful and a heavy reminder that we need to be prepared for every situation" you started while playing with your fingers, "Is a chess game, you sacrifice movements to progress, but in this case you sacrifice people."

"Nobody's gonna die" he reassured you and you snickered in return.

"That's your plan, but in a strategy game you eliminate the leaders and superiors to conquer the village"

Senku seemed to understand where you were heading, but he asked anyway "So your point is?"

"I think they want to kill you"

***

Growing up with Senku meant a lot of things for you. First of all, that hard work pays well, it's always worth it. Second of all, to never give up and always keep trying. And third, there's no such thing as coincidences; everything was backed up by science and reason.

So this random female running into your ship smelled really suspicious from the very beginning as she pleaded for help with tears in her eyes.

"Get her inside to treat her wounds!" Taiju's scandalous voice was heard as the girl was in Kirisame's arms and was led aboard.

You didn't trust the girl with pink hair.

It was too much of a coincidence that this lost girl appeared right where you all were, just after the plane registered the ship's location. Why didn't she appear a little further north or south? Why did she suddenly abandon Dr. Xeno? Did she escape by pure chance and find you, her caped heroes, to rescue her from her hell? How lucky she seems to be!

Lies.

She was most likely a spy.

Not that you could blame her when Gen was doing the same, but with the huge difference that he did it without you all telling to do so. It was unintentional.

"She's suspicious," Nikky said by your side with crossed arms over her chest, "Is it safe to bring her aboard?"

You were glad not being the only one suspecting the pink hair girl.

"Sure we can!" Moz said, "She's got a cute face!"

"I mean, Senku's a dude too" Yo said, "He's head over heels, he probably has a thing for pink hair girls"

"I'm not sure about that" Yuzuriha intervened a little nervous.

You rolled your eyes at the stupid chitchat and walked through the deck looking for Kaseki. Knowing Senku, he probably wants to interrogate her about Dr. Xeno, you thought.

You found Ryusui and Senku at the railing observing the new member on board. "That woman... There's a fifty-fifty chance- no, a seventy percent chance she's an enemy spy" Ryusui said looking at her direction as Minami talk to her.

"Not a problem!" Senku said laughing, "We're going to extract everything she knows about Xeno's crew and trasmit an encrypted message to Tsukasa's special squad! The most powerful weapon in a science battle is information so it's a battle between spies..., we're two sly foxes outfoxing each other!"

"I knew it wasn't what it looked like!" Yuzuriha said glad their comments were mistaken, but you couldn't tell why.

You followed the girl with your eyes as she went downstairs to the infirmary in company of Minami. You squint your eyes. Maybe she's looking for Dr. Taiju, you thought. If this is a war between scientists, then they only need to eliminate the other one.

"You're taking it to lightly" You commented more to the air than directly to Senku.

Ryusui heard you and laughed, "He's being confident"

"Yeah, and that's the problem" You started your explanation. "Dr. Xeno sees Senku as a possible threat to his own science kingdom, so the most logical movement it's to try and eliminate him. The question is how"

"So you think that she's here to do that?" Ryusui asked squinting his eyes.

"Yeah" If your instincts were right, you urgently needed to create something to protect Senku. "I'm going with Kaseki, if you guys need me, you know were I am" and made your way away from the deck.

Ryusui gave you a knowing look.

***

Senku tried to interrogate Luna multiple times, but he was to direct, so Yuzuriha and François gave you that responsibility. You wanted to complain openly, but couldn't. Without Gen, you were closer to gather some answers from her accordingly to Nikki's point of view.

"It's in moments like these when I miss Gen" You complaint even though you were the one to send him to the follow-the-pilot mission. "Never say a word of what I said to Gen, he will never drop it". You said to Yuzuriha and Nikki as you took care of supervising the highly-potential-spy woman. Honestly, it wasn't something that interested you, but given the opportunity, you will keep and eye on her to protect Senku as much as you can. "«Luna, follow me»".

Luna followed you without a word as you both walked till reach the plane at the other side of the ship. You wondered how longer it will take to finished the plane with her presence by your side.

"«So, what did you do before the whole petrification thing?»" You asked as you lay down and checked under the plane after you installed its new bamboo-tires.

The sudden question took Luna by surprise. She didn't expected any small talk from you since your evident discomfort and annoyance with her presence. "«Why?»"

"«Just a little conversation since you will be staying with us for, who knows how long. Is that alright?»". You truly didn't care but needed to take information from her. "«Also, you don't look like someone that did heavy work, so it just me being curious and noisy»".

"«Ah, well...»" Luna mumbled, "«I was a medical student»".

"«Oh, that's cool»" You took the screwdriver and opened the compartment that protected the engine. "«Give me the flashlight by your side»".

Luna followed your instructions. "«I guess... it was cool, but I had something different on mind at the time»". You hummed so she could continue, "«I wanted to marry a successful man and have peace for the rest of my life. So I thought that going to a medical university I would find that person. But the studies were outrageous and I almost give up. Turns out that it was way more complicated than I expected»".

You kept your eyes on the engine; it was a little dirty and damage after the crash thanks to Senku's acetylene gas. "«Yeah, that often happens; things don't work out the way we want, but that doesn't mean you have to give up»".

Luna looked how you worked. She wondered how much knowledge you had seeing you doing all that without doubting once. "«What about you? Did you had a problem like that?»"

Should you lied or tell the truth to her? Luna sounded honest while commenting about her life. Maybe you could do the same and share your worries with her. After all, François recommended to win her heart. You couldn't do that by lying.

You shut your eyes close for a second after sighing.

"«Kind of, just a little different from your problem»". There's no way back now. You took some cables and disconnected them to study further. "«I found someone I care about, but he's not that interested in romantic relationships in general»".

"«Oh»".

"«Yeah, but I can't complain because I'm busy like this most of the time»" You shrugged under the plane even though Luna couldn't see you. "«He's also busy all the time, so there's just no time for something so complicated as relationships»".

"«Why not?»"

"«Look around and guess»". You said roughly while unscrewing some parts of the motor. "«We are in the middle of a battle between scientists in the stone world»". You all already observed the advanced technology Dr. Xeno had in armament, it was evident that he was well prepared, meanwhile you were at a disadvantage. You could easily die with a single misstep. "«If anything happens, we must be ready for every outcome, even death»".

"«Oh, right»". Luna sounded disappointed but quickly changed her voice. "«Yeah, yeah, a capable woman must be prepared for everything»".

You frowned at her words.

Capable woman? What is she on about?

You needed Kaseki to manufacture new parts; some of them were irreparable. "«Anyways, you seem tired»". You got out from under the plane, sat down and looked at her. "«Escaping Dr. Xeno must have been complicated I suppose»".

"«Yeah»" Her voice sounded more like a whisper than an affirmation.

"«May I ask how did you even stumbled into his group?»"

She made a gesture like she was memorizing the moment thousands of years ago, "«We were in some kind of reunion, I was about to go on a date with a really charming man! But then the petrification happened!»"

Well, that's not so useful, you thought. "«What kind of reunion was that one?»" You tried to laugh it off.

"«Something about the petrification of some birds»"

Nostalgia hit you like a truck.

You remembered the conversation and theories you had with Senku through a phone call about these birds. You remembered the swallows made of stone and Senku analyzing their population, their distribution and compared it with social media posts while he mentioned you everything about his investigation over their physical structure while you were fixing engines at your father's workshop.

With that simple phrase you traveled through time.

I'm tired of this, you thought as you got up and stretched. "«Well... I'll go and talk to our craftsman and scientist; I need to ask them something. You can stay he-".

"«Can I go with you?»" Luna's sudden interruption and interested seemed suspicious to you. You needed to be careful, she was a spy after all. All of you were in enemy territory and they were looking for Senku.

"«Eh... sure»".

You looked for Kaseki downstairs as Luna followed not so far away while observing each member of the crew attentively.

Is she looking for Senku? you wondered as you keep walking.

"«I never asked you»" You heard Luna's voice and you turned to look at her. You thought she was done asking things, but it looked like she wasn't. "«When did you learn english?»"

You shrugged mindlessly, "«I did when learning mechanics, a lot of text books where in english. And then, in the army everyone told me to learn because is useful, so here we are»"

"«Why did you learn mechanics?»"

"«Because of my father's influence, then because I was really interested on the topic»"

"«And the army, you mentioned the army, why is that?»"

"«My father took me there to learn»"

"«So you are a military mechanic?»"

You couldn't tell why, but it felt like there was some pressure on your shoulders with each answer you gave and question you received.

You felt like the tables had turned.

You felt like a target.

"«Yes»"

That was the last thing you responded before stumbling with Kaseki and quickly tell him about the pieces you needed for the engine before running to the deck while Luna kept following you like a kid trying not to get lost in the supermarket.

"Right on time!" You heard Ryusui's energetic voice. When you turned your head, they were at Bar François. "We have something special for our guest."

Luna looked at you, like waiting for you to say something.

"«Go, it's for you»" you simply said while crossing your arms and watch her sat in one of the many chairs and be attended by François.

"Hey, here" Senku's voice took your attention from Luna. He had an ice cream at hand in your direction. "It doesn't have alcohol"

You smiled, "Funny" you received it gladly, "Just because I had a headache, it doesn't mean that I will no longer drink, though"

There was something in Senku's eyes when you said that, you wanted to ask what it meant, but you knew it was pointless. In the meantime, the crew reunited immediately to discover Senku's last invention as the night fell upon you and the stars welcome you.

Everyone enjoyed the dessert made by science.

A little memory from what we lost after the petrification.

Something so small but meaningful, you thought as you watched around you the happiness in everybody's faces.

"«How did you...?»" Luna was out of words by the delicious invention in her hands, "«Do you even have vanilla?»"

"«When you don't, you make do»" Senku replied effortlessly as he sat onto the lab-car to admire the unpolluted sky. "«Two million years of human tenacity. You reach into the fundamentals of reality, into the molecules, and make things that aren't supposed to exist. That's the real thrill of organic chemistry»"

You coughed, "Nerd"

"«I-it came out pretty nicely, huh?»" Luna's voice was lost for a moment, "«In Xeno's words, it's extremely... elegant»"

Elegant.

You've heard that before.

Senku looked at you as realization hit you both.

"Luna..." you muttered breathless.

"«Was Doctor Xeno a former NASA scientist?»" Senku asked what you both had in mind.

"«How did you know?!»" She was equally surprised.

Senku's room memories flashed quickly through your eyes and his laptop. All the emails, all the conversations and recommendations made with that classic signature at the end of every word displayed before two kids's eyes.

Elegant.

Science is elegant.

"Doctor Xeno..." Senku said, "He got me started on rocket building"

"He's Senku's science mentor" you finished.

***

"In summary, Xeno and you are master and disciple in science, awoke around the same time and made use of nitric acid" Ryusui explained after listening your explanations, "One for the science of giving life, and the other one for the science of taking it away."

"Yeah, basically" you muttered.

"SAY WHAT?!" Taiju exclaimed right on your ears, "Our rocket-building teacher was the enemy science boss?!"

"Jezz, Tai" you covered your ears, "Yeah, is the same man. Luna told me she met him at a reunion about the swallows's petrification"

"That's some stupidly useful information we got out of Luna" Senku said, "Dr. Xeno..., if he's out enemy, the Medusa may end up being our secret weapon."

"Th-that thing still works?!" Ginrou asked.

"The battery's completely drained, you know that"

"What do you mean then?" Taiju asked.

"The enemy doesn't know is out of battery" you said.

"Dr. Xeno knows all too well how powerful weapons of science are" Senku explained, "He's trying to take over the new world with them, so there's no way he would turn a blind eye to the super science weapon that is Medusa."

Ryusui snapped his fingers, "I see now! The question isn't whether or not it can actually be used. It's precisely because the enemy is an overly capable science user that the weapon transforms into the perfect fluff of an unstoppable ultimate weapon"

"Yeah, that's the idea" Senku nodded lightly.

"So, if I have this right..." Taiju started, "We're using the spent Medusa as a way to intimidate them?"

"Correct!" you said, "We have the perfect person to keep the show up"

"Who?"

"Gen!"

"Ah! That's true!"

"Jeez, Tai!"

You rolled your eyes and laughed at your childhood friend behavior. But your eyes landed on Luna at the railing of the ship.

Is she staring at the forest?

Why?

You noticed Ryusui staring at her too. You approached to him in silence and called his attention, once he stared at you, he made you understand that something was completely wrong. You nodded in the quiet understanding and you approach to Luna as careful as possible.

When you were close enough, you saw her mouthing something to the forest.

Is someone out there?

Is the enemy nearby?

"«Hey, Luna»" You saw her went stiff in her spot, "«Are you alright?»"

"«E-eh... Yes! Of course I am!»"

She's trembling, sweating cold and acting more strange than usual, you noticed.

Nervous.

She's lying.

Your eyes went right to the forest as you heard the rest of the team discussing something about encrypted calls.

"«Hey, th-there's nothing in the woods»" Luna tried to persuade you. But you couldn't believe in her words anymore. "«Co-come on, let's go for more ice cream»"

How close is the enemy?

How many are they?

"«Come on, Y/n»" Luna insisted while pulling your arm, "«There's nothing there»"

"«Let go!»" You pushed her away from you.

It's irrelevant how close or how many they are.

If there were many of them, they could attack at any moment with their weapons. This isn't about majorities or battles between groups.

Someone as intelligent as Dr. Xeno would have tried to do it elegantly as possible. There's nothing elegant about people fighting with their fists.

So...

The only possibility left...

"Sniper!" You shouted as loud as your vocal cords allowed you to.

"Everybody hide!" Ryusui shouted too. "Get behind something!"

The entire crew ran through the ship trying to find a place to refugee from the sniper. Some didn't even know what a sniper was, so confusion filled the entire environment as you tried to discover the sniper's location through the trees.

You looked at Luna as saw her staring directly at the same spot from before.

So there it is, you noticed.

But so did Senku.

"Shit" you heard him muttered as he ran to the opposite side of the ship to the Bar François.

They're locking for him, he's the target!

"Senku!" you screamed.

And you heard the shot.

No.

It already landed before the sound came.

"Senku!" You ran towards the bar only to witness his body lying motionless on the floor.

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